World Wars I and II

Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• A History of US: War, Peace, and All That Jazz 1918-1945 by Joy Hakim
• Where Poppies Grow: A World War I Companion by Linda Granfield

Materials

Common Materials

• colored pencils, crayons, markers, and other art supplies
• scissors
• tape
• 1 large sheet of posterboard
• digital voice recorder or other recording device * (8.4 - Option 2)
• digital voice recorder or other recording device * (9.2 - Option 2)
• glue stick
• playing pieces

Lesson 2

• envelope
• camera to take a picture of time capsule items * (2.2 - optional)

Lesson 5

• seed packets or catalogues* (5.optional)
• glue
• highlighter

Lesson 9

• music from the World War II era* (9.3 - optional)
• posterboard or several sheets of paper
• snacks* (9.3 - optional)

Final Project

• dice or spinner
• posterboard, cardstock paper, or thin cardboard

* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used